280Slides

The website 280Slides is an online, simplified version of Microsoft PowerPoint.

I asked my students to use this website to create a presentation. Many of the students complained that the website was unbearably slow. Eventually, I conceded that they could use Microsoft PowerPoint instead, and then use Slideshare.net to host their presentation.

One student successfully managed to use 280Slides to create this presentation.

Authorstream

The History students created Powerpoint presentations.  The topic of each presentation was an ancient society.  Each student, or pair of students, gave an oral presentations of their Powerpoint.  They used www.authorstream.com to embed their show on their blog.

I used this rubric to assess the oral presentations.  I used this rubric to assess the Powerpoints.

Here is one student’s work:

Mesopotamia

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Hero

I wanted my students to practise using PowerPoint, so I asked them to create and describe a superhero.

They used Hero Factory to create a hero.  This is a fun site that all the students enjoyed using.

They used Authorstream to host their completed PowerPoint presentations.

Here is one hero’s story:

Hero

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